diff --git a/data_management/object_storage.py b/data_management/object_storage.py
index fc4f477..22e46fe 100644
--- a/data_management/object_storage.py
+++ b/data_management/object_storage.py
@@ -2,17 +2,32 @@
 import hmac
 import time
 
-from . import settings
+from django.conf import settings
 
 def create_url(path, method, filename=None):
-    expiry_time = int(time.time() + int(settings.CONFIG.get('storage', 'duration')))
-    path = settings.CONFIG.get('storage', 'bucket') + '/' + path
+    bucket = settings.BUCKETS['default']
+    expiry_time = int(time.time() + int(bucket['duration']))
+    path = bucket['bucket_name'] + '/' + path
     if method == 'GET':
         hmac_body = '%s\n%s\n%s' % ('GET', expiry_time, path)
     elif method == 'PUT':
         hmac_body = '%s\n%s\n%s' % ('PUT', expiry_time, path)
-    sig = hmac.new(settings.CONFIG.get('storage', 'key').encode('utf-8'), hmac_body.encode('utf-8'), sha1).hexdigest()
-    url = '%s%s?temp_url_sig=%s&temp_url_expires=%d' % (settings.CONFIG.get('storage', 'url'), path, sig, expiry_time)
+    sig = hmac.new(bucket['secret_key'].encode('utf-8'), hmac_body.encode('utf-8'), sha1).hexdigest()
+    url = '%s%s?temp_url_sig=%s&temp_url_expires=%d' % (bucket['url'], path, sig, expiry_time)
     if filename:
         url = '%s&filename=%s' % (url, filename)
     return url
+
+def create_legacy_url(path, method, filename=None):
+    bucket = settings.BUCKETS['default']
+    expiry_time = int(time.time() + int(bucket['duration']))
+    path = bucket['bucket_name'] + '/' + path
+    if method == 'GET':
+        hmac_body = '%s\n%s\n%s' % ('GET', expiry_time, path)
+    elif method == 'PUT':
+        hmac_body = '%s\n%s\n%s' % ('PUT', expiry_time, path)
+    sig = hmac.new(bucket['secret_key'].encode('utf-8'), hmac_body.encode('utf-8'), sha1).hexdigest()
+    url = '%s%s?temp_url_sig=%s&temp_url_expires=%d' % (bucket['url'], path, sig, expiry_time)
+    if filename:
+        url = '%s&filename=%s' % (url, filename)
+    return url
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diff --git a/data_management/settings.py b/data_management/settings.py
index 8996a86..59da345 100644
--- a/data_management/settings.py
+++ b/data_management/settings.py
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
+from django.conf import settings
 
-import configparser
-import os
-import sys
-
-from django.conf import settings as conf_settings
-
-CONFIG = configparser.ConfigParser()
-if os.path.exists(conf_settings.CONFIG_LOCATION):
-    CONFIG.read(conf_settings.CONFIG_LOCATION)
-    REMOTE_REGISTRY = True
+if settings.AUTHORISED_USER_FILE:
+    REMOTE_REGISTRY = settings.REMOTE
 else:
-    REMOTE_REGISTRY = False
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+    REMOTE_REGISTRY = False
diff --git a/drams/base_settings.py b/drams/base_settings.py
index 9965d46..835680a 100644
--- a/drams/base_settings.py
+++ b/drams/base_settings.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
 DEBUG = False
 
+REMOTE = False
+
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['127.0.0.1', 'localhost']
 
 # The URL of the central public registry
diff --git a/drams/local-settings.py b/drams/local-settings.py
index c839ad2..cc7f19b 100644
--- a/drams/local-settings.py
+++ b/drams/local-settings.py
@@ -7,4 +7,10 @@
 ALLOWED_HOSTS.extend(
     filter(None, os.environ.get("FAIR_ALLOWED_HOSTS", "").split(","))
 )
-DOMAIN_URL = "http://127.0.0.1:8000/"
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+DOMAIN_URL = "http://127.0.0.1:8000/"
+
+DEBUG = True
+CONFIG_LOCATION = "example_config.ini"
+SOCIAL_AUTH_GITHUB_KEY = 'a1b2c3d4'
+SOCIAL_AUTH_GITHUB_SECRET = 'e5f6g7h8i9'
+AUTH_METHOD = "GitHub"
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diff --git a/drams/settings.py b/drams/settings.py
index 1ecd539..c37df6a 100644
--- a/drams/settings.py
+++ b/drams/settings.py
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['data.fairdatapipeline.org', '127.0.0.1', 'localhost']
 
+REMOTE = True
+
 DATABASES = {
     'default': {
         'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2',
@@ -26,5 +28,13 @@
     }
 }
 
-CONFIG_LOCATION = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), 'config.ini')
+BUCKETS = {
+    'default': {
+       'url' : '#',
+       'bucket_name:': '#',
+       'access_key': '#',
+       'secret_key': '#',
+       'duration': '600'
+    }
+}
 CACHE_DURATION = 300
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diff --git a/drams/test-remote-settings.py b/drams/test-remote-settings.py
index aae9983..21c9ab7 100644
--- a/drams/test-remote-settings.py
+++ b/drams/test-remote-settings.py
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@
 ALLOWED_HOSTS.extend(
     filter(None, os.environ.get("FAIR_ALLOWED_HOSTS", "").split(","))
 )
-CONFIG_LOCATION = "example_config.ini"
+
+BUCKETS = {
+    'default': {
+       'url' : 'http://127.0.0.1:4566/',
+       'bucket_name:': 'fair',
+       'access_key': 'AccessKey',
+       'secret_key': 'SecretKey',
+       'duration': '60'
+    }
+}
+
+REMOTE = True
 DOMAIN_URL = 'http://127.0.0.1:8001/'
 DEBUG = True
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